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Getting IPv6 Address Space
1. Getting IPv6 Address Space:
The Easy Part of Your Deployment
Nathalie Trenaman
RIPE NCC Trainer
V6 World Congress, 8 February 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
2. About the RIPE NCC
• One of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIR)
• The RIPE NCC service region covers Europe, the
Middle East and parts of central Asia
• Not-for-profit association, based in Amsterdam
• Funded from the membership fee
• 7,800 members throughout the region
• Neutral, impartial, open and transparent
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9. Getting an IPv6 allocation from the RIPE NCC
• To qualify, an organisation must:
- Be an LIR
- Have a plan for making assignments within two years
• Minimum allocation size /32
• Allocation size is based on customer numbers
and growth, not on transition technique!
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10. RIPE Policy Proposal 2011-04
• Extension of the Minimum Size for IPv6
Initial Allocation
- Proposes initial allocation up to a /29
- For example, for small LIRs to deploy IPv6 via 6RD
(RFC 5969)
• Proposal currently in Review Phase
- The RIPE NCC is working on impact analysis
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11. Getting an IPv6 allocation from APNIC
• APNIC members with IPv4 resources managed
by APNIC automatically qualify for an IPv6
allocation
• Minimum allocation size /32
• For larger allocations there are additional
requirements
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12. Getting an IPv6 allocation from AfriNIC
• To qualify, an organisation must:
- Be an LIR
- Have a plan for making /48 assignments within one
year
- Announce allocation as one single block
- Show plan to provide IPv6 connectivity
• Minimum allocation size /32
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13. Getting an IPv6 allocation from ARIN
• To qualify, an organisation must:
- Have an ARIN IPv4 allocation, or qualify for one
- Multihome IPv6 allocation
- Have a plan for minimum 50 assignments in five years
• Minimum allocation size /32
- Unless a /36 is specifically requested
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14. Getting an IPv6 allocation from LACNIC
• To qualify, an organisation must:
- Have a LACNIC IPv4 allocation and announce it
OR:
- Be an LIR
- Show plan to provide IPv6 connectivity
- Announce IPv6 allocation in one year
- Offer IPv6 services in LACNIC in two years
• Minimum allocation size /32
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